Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 News

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We had another positive COVID test yesterday in our Short Track team, this time it's Alex Varnyú. This is turning into a nightmare right before the Games. 

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https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/athletes.htm

 

All athletes information could be found on official website now.

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First 5 Athletes have just departed to Beijing.

 

Klaudia Medlová (Snowboarding) and 4 of the five members Luge Team (the young Marián Skupek will fly in the next days)

 

Good Luck, enjoy your stay and stay healthy guys !

 

 

 

Klaudia Medlová will be just like in PyeongChang 2018 again our sole Snowboarder also in Beijing and will compete just like 4 years ago in Slopestyle and Big Air competitions.

 

4 of the 5 SVK Luge members team before their departure to the Olympics:

from Left second coach Rastislav Drajna, Tomáš Vaverčák (Doubles & Relay), our Luge team head coach, former Olympian Lukáš Brož, Katarína Šimoňáková (W Singles & Relay), Jozef Ninis (M Singles & Relay) and Matej Zmij (Doubles & Relay)

 

Beijing will be the 5th Olympics in a row for Ninis, 2nd for Šimoňáková after PC 2018 and the Olympic debut for the duet Vaverčák/Zmij

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Canada's first batch has left Vancouver for Beijing including the women's hockey team among others.

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Breaking news: confirmation that the beds in the athletes’ village are *not* made out of cardboard.

 

 

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Team USA en route to Beijing..

 

 

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Political leaders and Royal family members who will attend Beijing 2022 Olympics

 

Asia:

Cambodia King Sihamoni

Singapore President Halimah

Kazakhstan President Tokayev

Kyrgyzstan President Japarov

Tajikistan President Rahmon

Turkmenistan President Berdymuhamedov

Uzbekistan President Mirziyoyev

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman

Qatar Emir Tamim

UAE Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed

Mongolia Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

South Korea National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug

Thailand Princess Sirindhorn

 

Europe:

Russia President Putin

Poland President Duda

Serbia President Vucic

Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri

Monaco Prince Albert II

Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman of the Council of Minister Tegeltija

Azerbaijan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmadov

 

America:

Argentina President Fernandez

Ecuador President Lasso

 

Africa:

Egypt President Sisi

 

Oceania:

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Marape

 

International Organization:

IOC President Bach (Germany, Olympic Champion 1976, Fencing)

UN Secretary General Guterres (Portugal)

UN General Assembly President Shahid (Maldives)

WHO Director General Tedros (Ethiopia)

World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Daren Tang (Singapore)

New Development Bank President Troyjo (Brazil)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary General Zhang Ming (China)

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2 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

Political leaders and Royal family members who will attend Beijing 2022 Olympics

 

Asia:

Cambodia King Sihamoni

Singapore President Halimah

Kazakhstan President Tokayev

Kyrgyzstan President Japarov

Tajikistan President Rahmon

Turkmenistan President Berdymuhamedov

Uzbekistan President Mirziyoyev

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman

Qatar Emir Tamim

UAE Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed

Mongolia Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

South Korea National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug

Thailand Princess Sirindhorn

 

Europe:

Russia President Putin

Poland President Duda

Serbia President Vucic

Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri

Monaco Prince Albert II

Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman of the Council of Minister Tegeltija

Azerbaijan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmadov

 

America:

Argentina President Fernandez

Ecuador President Lasso

 

Africa:

Egypt President Sisi

 

Oceania:

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Marape

 

International Organization:

IOC President Bach

UN Secretary General Guterres (Portugal)

UN General Assembly President Shahid (Maldives)

WHO Director General Tedros (Ethiopia)

World Intellectual Property Organization Daren Tang (Singapore)

New Development Bank President Troyjo (Brazil)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary General Zhang Ming (China)

Italy will probably send the sport minister Valentina Vezzali

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5 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

Turkmenistan President Berdymuhamedov

oh man, this guy. this guy is a one of a kind

 

6 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

International Organization:

IOC President Bach (Germany, Olympic Champion, Fencing)

IOC President Bach (Germany, Olympic Champion, Fencing, 1976)

 

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According to insidethegames.biz, German officials are concerned about the validity of Chinese PCR tests. Michael Hölz (President of the German snowboarding association) has stated that PCR test results -much like anti-doping ones- may easily be manipulated (implying that the Chinese have a long history of tampering with anti-doping tests...). For instance, they may announce a positive PCR test, not allow an athlete to compete in an event and then simply apologize by saying it was actually a false positive. As expected, the Chinese have already refuted this claim. What's your take on this?